Presidential 2022: Xavier Bertrand announces that he will submit to the Republicans' vote
Xavier Bertrand on the TF1 JT set with journalist Gilles Bouleau, in front of photos of his possible LR opponents for the 2022 presidential election. AFP - THOMAS SAMSON
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Xavier Bertrand put an end to the suspense by announcing this Monday, October 11 that he would participate in the breakthrough congress of the Les Républicains party, aimed at nominating the right-wing candidate for the presidential election.
The boss of the Hauts-de-France region invoked his desire to bring together his political loophole.
It must be said that he did not manage to fold the match with his right-wing rivals.
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He lost his bet.
After months in solo, Xavier Bertrand has failed to widen the gap in the polls with his competitors on the right.
So he returns to the fold of his old party.
And will submit to the vote of LR members in early December.
“
The easy way out was to go it alone, with polls, opinion polls, which put me ahead.
I did not want to make this choice, because in my DNA, there is the gathering, and there is the union
”, declared Xavier Bertrand Monday evening.
Xavier Bertrand on TF1: "I will participate in this congress, because the Republicans have ruled out the primary"
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It is "
the choice of panache and of winning
", writes Damien Abad, boss of LR deputies and support of Xavier Bertrand.
The choice of reason, above all.
The party is a militant strike force and an essential jackpot for a presidential campaign.
“
Xavier Bertrand said a few days ago that he would not participate.
He changed his mind, whose act.
It is important that we can respect the rules of this family before asking for its support and incidentally moreover its funding,
"mocked the deputy Brigitte Kuster, support of Michel Barnier, also a candidate.
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For Robin Reda, deputy and spokesperson for Valérie Pécresse, “
it can only be good news for the right, for The Republicans, who could not live with a tie-breaking system on one side and a self-appointed candidate for the other
”.
“Phew” of relief to the party leadership: after weeks of procrastination, there will, in theory, be only one right-wing presidential candidate.
But not sure that the activists forgive Xavier Bertrand for having made them waste all this time, tackles the entourage of Valérie Pécresse.
"
He sinned out of pride, got it wrong and now he's coming home,
" says one in the entourage of Michel Barnier.
The @LesRepublicains members have very clearly refused a primary.
I will present my project to them and they will decide.
I want to bring together all the French, so I must first bring my political family together.
# JT20H pic.twitter.com/ywxn6l6ZWB
- Xavier Bertrand (@xavierbertrand) October 11, 2021
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